high spot -tight to load mag

John Sabato · 11-19-2008, 04:32 PM

Try removing the grips and see if you still have binding... if you do, then carefully file the grips to provide a relief from the binding during the loading operation.

If you still have binding after removing the grips...Relieve the magazine, NOT the frame UNLESS it does this with more than one magazine? that means the frame is deformed...

Then and only then do you relieve the frame where the binding occurs...

Use candle smoke to put soot on the magazine and frame (NO GRIPS INSTALLED PLEASE) and then put the magazine in to see where it is binding...(no smoke left) dress those areas with a jewelers file until the binding is relieved.

If you are not confortable with using a file on a handgun that you own... DO take it to a gunsmith...

11-19-2008, 04:32 PM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Try removing the grips and see if you still have binding... if you do, then carefully file the grips to provide a relief from the binding during the loading operation. If you still have binding after removing the grips...Relieve the magazine, NOT the frame UNLESS it does this with more than one magazine? that means the frame is deformed... Then and only then do you relieve the frame where the binding occurs... Use candle smoke to put soot on the magazine and frame (NO GRIPS INSTALLED PLEASE) and then put the magazine in to see where it is binding...(no smoke left) dress those areas with a jewelers file until the binding is relieved. If you are not confortable with using a file on a handgun that you own... DO take it to a gunsmith... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*